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S. P. VIVIAN MACHINE FOR ARRANGING PAPERS, CARDS, AND LIKE ARTICLES Filed Jan. 5, 1923 2 sheets-sheet 1 May 19, 1925. 1,538,762

S. P. VIVIAN MACHINE FOR ARRANGiNG PAPERS, CARDS; AND LIKE ARTICLES I Filed Jan. 5. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 N N L m k m N L ##orn ey Patented May 19, 1925.

SYLVANUS PERCIVAL VIVIAN, OF CHELSEA, LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR ARRANGING PAPERS, CARDS, AND LIKE ARTICLES,

Application filed January 3, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLvANUs PERCIVAL VIVIAN, a subject of the King of England, residing at 22 Royal Avenue, Chelsea, Lon

don, SIWB, England, whose post-oiiice dd-- dress is 22 Royal Avenue, Chelsea, London, SYWB, England, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Arranging Papers, Cards, and Like Articles, of wl'iich the following is a specification.

This invention consists of g a machine which, on being fed with a pack or number of card index slips, dockets or other cards or papers, or of the like articles ofa suitable size, will mechanically arrange them so as to exhibit the end margins of every slip or like article in a continuous parallel series.

The practical application and utility of such a machine is best indicated by a few examples. It will, for instance, bridge the gulf between the card index method by which each of a series of entries is borne upon a separate card or paper, and the schedule or list method by which the consecutive entries are shown as a continuous series on a single document. Each method had its advantages and disadvantages.

The card index method has the advantages that the order of the entries can be altered, and that new entries can be inserted and obsolete entries removed; but it has many disadvantages due to the fact that the consecutive entries cannot be scanned, examined or compared as a single visible series. disadvantages that it is practically impossible to change the order oi the entries or to insert new ones. But the continuous series can be taken in by the eye; entries sought can be easily found and the correctness of the order speedily verified. It the entries are figures, they can be added by sight, while the tabular arrangement of any matter, impossible in a card index, is a natural feature of the schedule or list.

The present invention enables the advan tages of both methods (hitherto mutually exclusive) to be simultaneously realized. The entries may be kept in card index form, i. e., on separate cords or slips; but the mat ter of the entries or selected portion of it, if borne upon the end margins of the slips can be shown in the form of a continuous schedule when the pack is put through the machine.

In other respects, moreover, the machine The schedule or list method has the Serial No. 610,536.

appears likely to serve a useful purpose. l or example, in many commercialor clerical operations it is necessary to assemble a number of forms or dockets collected from different quarters and to compute the 'fig-I ures upon them. puted by sight, while if a calculating ma chine is used the pace is slowed operator having to turneach docket over. in succession. subject oi this invention will arrange such dockets in a long column, or ribbon, witl the margin of each exposed,

the margins; in this form they ca-nb'e computed by sight, while if a calculating. ma chine is used the operator can work as though from a tabular list of figures.

I believe that devices have already been patented for displaying in a continuous series the entries which are borne upon separate slips or cards. These devices, how'- ever, so far as I am aware, differ fundamentally from the present invention in respect that they all consist of some form of container in which the cards are arranged by hand and in which they are kept so displayed.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein V Fig. l is a side elevation of the machine constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the carrier bands being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the car ri-er hands, a pack of cards being shown in initial position on'the i'ront band and. a pack of fanned-out cards on the upper band.

Fig. at is an enlarged diagrammatic view showing the relations of the cards in their forward passage between the drums.

Fig. '5 is a similar view showing the relations of the cards in their rearward or succeeding passage between the drums.

Fig. 6 of the arrangement shewn in Fig. 3.

The sameletters of reference are used for the same or figures of the drawings.

Referring first toFigs. 1 to 3- The machine is constructed substantially. as follows: Two drums, in and B, each mounted on a spindle, are arranged with their axes parallel. fixed hearings in a the baseD standard C secured to of the machine and the other They cannot'be so com I thus exhibiting in tabular torm any figures entered upon f is a similar view of a modification corresponding parts in all the One drum B rotates in.

down by the The machine which forms the &c., on the base D drum A rotates in bearings in a frame D pivoted at D to a standard D on the base D below the spindle A of the drum A, so that said drum A, its spindle A and the frame D can swing to and froon a line at right anglesto the axes of the drums. The drum A rests normally with its circumference in contact with the circumference of the drum B.

In front and in rear of the two drums respectively extend two galleries or channels E and F supported by standards C G C and consisting preferably of two longitudinal bars or fiat strips of wood or metal united by transverse bars 4 At the extremity of each channel remotest from the drums a pair of rollers, E and F F is mounted, consisting of a driven roller and a friction roller. The driven roller in each pair (E or F is mounted on a spindle, E", F, rotating in fixed bearings forming part of the sides of the channel E or F. A grooved pulley (E F is fixed upon the spindle (E F in order that the roller E or F may be made to rotate by means of a belt (G, H) driven from a central driving wheel I. The friction roller (E F rotates in bearings in a frame (E F pivoted to the sides of the channel E or F. Each friction roller is held in contact with its driven roller by means of springs J the object being to cause the driven rollers to grip endless carrier bands K, K, which are passed between them and their friction rollers, so that the said carrier bands can be made to travel by the rotation of the driven rollers E F when driven off the central driving wheel I.

In the rear gallery or channel F near to the rear drum 13 two small guide rollers L, L are mounted on spindles capable of rotating freely in fixed hearings in the sides of the channel F. Below the driven roller at the end of the rear channel F is mounted an additional guide roller L with a spindle rotating in bearings in a frame L pivoted on the sides of the channel F and drawn towards the rear by springs L secured to the end of the channel F.

The central driving wheel I is hand or power operated with two peripheral grooves of equal driving speed. It is fitted with two driving belts G. H passing over the pulleys E F on the driven rollers; the belt G passing over the pulley of the front driven roller E is crossed so that the motion of the central driving wheel rotates the driven rollers E F in opposite directions.

The machine is provided with a third endless band K which serves as an extension of the band K. All three bands are preferably of the same breadth as the drums and rollers over which they pass, and there is a little slack in each of them.

The band K passes round the front drum A and the rear driven roller F; the band K passes round the front driven roller E the rear drum B and the small guide roller L. The extension band K passes round the small guide roller L, the additional guide roller L and the rear friction roller F The machine is operated as follows :A pack of paper, generally at'P, is placed horizontally upon the front band K between the sides of the channel E with the lateral edge of the said pack in contact with or otherwise parallel to one of the said channel sides. The central driving wheel I is then rotated counterclockwise; and owing to the consequent travel of the band the pack moves towards the front drum A, passes between the upper and lowerbands K and K under the front drum A, thence between the two drums and over the rear drum B. The rotation of the central driving wheel is then reversed, when the slips make the reverse journey, and the to-and-fro movement is continued by the reciprocatory rotary movement of the central driving wheel.

This movement of the pack under and over the drums bends the slips alternately concave and convex. The carrier band outside the pack on the drum farthest inthe direction of travel is tight (it being directly pulled by the relative driven roller) while the band outside the pack on the other drum is loose. The alternate flexing and reflexing of the pack, in combination with the gripping of the said pack by the pressure upon the relative drum of'the one band or the other (according to the direction of travel) results in the pack beginning to fan out and the margins to overlap. As the length of the fanned out pack increases, the discard or other slips, indicated tance of the travel to and fro is increased a by prolonging the movements of the central driving wheel; and the motion is contlnued until the pack is sufficiently fanned out and the desired extent of each margin is exposed.

The front upper edge of the pack will be exhibited to sight in a'continuous series when the slips travel forward into the front channel. The fanning out will, of course, also expose the rear under margins of the pack, though they will be below and out of sight. If, however, the central driving wheel is rotated counter-clockwise sufficiently far, the whole ribbon of slips will be carried on to the extension band K thence round the outside of the rear driven roller F and under the rear friction roller F on to the top of the rear channel F, along which it will travel forward with the under margins uppermost and exposed to view.

Obviously, a series of pairs of drums for alternately concavely and convexly bending the slips in the pack may be arranged in the machine if so desired.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is in tended for limp materials suchas thin paper, Whereas-the other form is adapted for flexing stiffer material such as cards.

In this modification the band K passes round the drum B, then back under and over the drum A round the guide roller L, back to driven roller E and the band K passes from driven roller F over and under the drum A between the drums A and B over and under the drum l3 and back over the drum A to driven roller F Additional spring pressed guide rollers may be inserted Where required.

Instead of the carrier bands being moved by simultaneous drive, each of the two driven rollers E and l3 may be arranged to run free in one direction and not in the other according to the direction of travel of the bands.

I claim 1. A machine for fanning out papers, cards, and the like articles, to exhibit the end margins of every such article in a. continuous series, including means for subjecting the articles to a traveling movement, means cooperating With said first mentioned means to flex and reflex said articles during travel, and means for applying pressure to alternate sides of the articles during their flexing and reflexing.

2. A machine for fanning out papers, cards and the like articles so as to exhibit the end margins of every such article in a continuous series, comprising means for flexing and reflexing said articles While under alternately applied pressure, said means comprising adjacent rotating drums, and endless bands cooperating With said drums for receiving the articles between them.

3. A machine for fanning out papers, cards, and the like articles, so as to exhibit the end margins of every such article in a continuous series, con'iprising means for flexing and reflexing said. articles While under alternately applied pressure, said means comprising adjacent rotating drums and endless carrier bands passing over said drums and between which the articles are arranged.

4. A machine for fanning cards and the like articles, comprising a frame, a drum rotating in fixed hearings in said frame, a second drum mounted in a bearing pivoted to a standard on said frame so that said second drum normally rests in surface contact with the first drum, rollers mounted in hearings on said frame, endless carrier bands passed around said drums and rollers and means for driving said rollers to rotate the drums in opposite directions.

5. A machine ifor fanning out papers, cards and the like articles, comprising a frame, a drum rotating in fixed bearings in out papers,

said frame, a second drum mounted in a bearing pivoted to a standard on said frame so that said second drum normally rests in surface contact with the first drum, rollers mounted in bearings on said frame, endless carrier bands passed around saiddrums and rollers, means for driving said rollers to retate the drums in opposite directions comprising a driving Wheel mounted in bearings on the frame, driven Wheels mounted in bearings on the frame, and endless belts connecting said driving and driven Wheels.

6. A machine for fanning out papers, cards and the like articles, comprising a frame, a drum rotating in fixed bearings in said frame, a second drum mounted in a bearing pivoted to a standard on said frame so that said second drum normally rests in surface contact With the first drum, rollers mounted in hearings on said frame, endless carrier bands passed around saiddrums and rollers, means for driving said rollers to rotate the drums in opposite directions comprising a driving Wheel mounted in bearings on the frame, driven Wheels mounted in bearings on the frame, endless belts connecting said driving and driven Wheels, and antifriction rollers bearing against the driven Wheels and mounted in pivoted frames connected by springs to the machine frame.-

7. A machine for fanning out papers, cards and the like articles, comprising a frame, a drum rotating in fixed hearings in said frame, a second drum mounted in a bearing pivoted to a standard on said frame so that said second drum normally rests in surface contact with the first drum, rollers mounted in bearings on said frame, endless carrier bands passed around said drums and rollers, means for driving said rollers to rotate the drums in opposite directions comprising a driving Wheel mounted in bearings on the frame driven Wheels, endless belts connecting said driving and driven Wheels, antifriction rollers bearing against the driven Wheels and mounted in pivoted frames connected by springs to the machine frame, and a tension roller mounted in a pivoted frame connected machine frame.

8. A machine for fanning out papers, cards and the like articles, comprising a frame, a drum rotating in fixed bearings in said frame, a second drum mounted in a bearing pivoted to a standard on said frame so that said second drum normally rests in surface contact With the first drum, rollers mounted in bearings on said frame, endless carrier bands passed around said drums and rollers, means for driving said rollers to rotate the drums in opposite directions comprising a driving Wheel mounted in bearings on the frame driven Wheels, endless belts connecting said driving and driven Wheels, antifriction rollers bearing against the by springs to the 4 league.

driven Wheels and mounted in pivoted In testimony whereof I haveherennte set frames connected by springs to the machine my hand in presence of tWo subscribing wit; 10 grains, a tension roller mounted in a pivoted nesses this 15th day of December, 1922.

rame connected by springs to the machine c frame, and galleries 01' channel Ways siip- SYLVANUS PERGIVAL VIVIA1\' ported by standards on the base of the ma- Witnesses: chine frame to act as guide Ways for the ar- HARRY GREY DOWDEN, J r., ticles fed to and from the rotating drums. WALTER LOOKHART RIND. 

